ROSENTHAL AG, Kunst Abteilung, Snake charmer (Schlangentänzerin)

white porcelain, height 19 cm, base 10.5 x 6 cm;
Signed on the back on the edge of the base imprint: B. Boess; in green chrome print: crown / Rosenthal / Kunst-Abteilung / SELB . BAVARIA,
and the so-called Kriegsmarke (war brand): on the shield the dates 1914 - 1917 and the Iron Cross, imprint: K.422 (model number).
Selb (Bavaria), Rosenthal AG porcelain factory, Kunst Abteilung, 1916 model by Berthold Boess (1877-1957), 1916-18.
On a flat, rectangular base, a dancer, half-naked, wearing a long flowing skirt and headband with a cabochon in her hair; she plays a flute, leaning heavily toward a cobra coiled on the base.
Model by sculptor Bertholgd Boess, designing for Rosenthal (Kunst Abteilung Selb) from ca. 1913-1934.